This is an abridged version of the speech Deputy Chief Justice Moseneke delivered at the University of the Western Cape on Friday, 17 July.
Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
Opinion | 24 July 2015
In their newly released book, 21 at 21: The Coming of Age of a Nation, Melanie Verwoerd and Sonwabiso Ngcowa write that the term âborn freeâ is highly contested. âMany young people refuse to be labelled in this way, not least because of the level of poverty they still experience. As one âborn freeâ put it to us, âHow can we be called born free when we live like this?ââ
Melanie Verwoerd and Sonwabiso Ngcowa
News | 16 July 2015
Photographer Masixole Feni has done a series of portraits of people and their pets and animals in Cape Town's townships. He found some surprising friendships.
Masixole Feni
News | 15 July 2015
I was raised in a township that is known for its murders, rapes, hate crimes and robberies. Nyanga molded me with a strong personality, but has left me with challenges that will forever be rubbed in my face by those who see my sexuality as satanic.
Pharie Sefali
Opinion | 9 July 2015
Generous GroundUp readers have made sure the Sibhozo brothers of Site C Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha have enough to eat every day.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 11 June 2015
If sex work was accepted as legitimate and legalised, much of the violence and abuse that sex workers face would be eliminated.
Savannah Russo. Photographs by Eric Miller.
Opinion | 2 June 2015
Even though Philippi female basketball player, Ziyanda Tyefi says the sport is still viewed as a male sport, she loves it and she cannot see herself playing anything else but it.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Feature | 26 May 2015
Last week we published the story of the Sibhozo brothers. Many readers asked how they could help. Here is how.
GroundUp Staff
News | 30 April 2015
About 40 Mfuleni parents closed down the New Parliament Street Primary School on Tuesday, demanding that the principal leave the school and withdraw their children.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 29 April 2015
Four men have been charged with robbing two Ethiopian nationals in Pietermaritzburg.
Ntombi Mbomvu
News | 28 April 2015
In the winter of 2014 I interviewed six young men who lived on the streets of Cape Townâs Central Business District.
David Cowan
Opinion | 28 April 2015
When youâre 14 years old, your parents normally take care of you. But Sivuyile Sibhozo from Site C Taiwan Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha has been taking care of his brother and grandmother for the past three years.
Nombulelo Damba
Feature | 23 April 2015
Every day between 3pm and 7pm, at the traffic lights on the corner of Buitengracht Street and Buitensingel in the Cape Town city centre, youâre likely to see a man with a bunch of orange strelitzia flowers.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 22 April 2015
Much has been written about why the recent wave of xenophobic attacks took place. But it's more complex than the usual reasons given, argue the authors.
Matthias Krönke and Mpho Raboeane
Opinion | 21 April 2015
A family of four was killed and eleven bungalows burned to the ground in a Hangberg shack fire early on Sunday morning.
Kimon de Greef
News | 21 April 2015
A grandmother from Crossroads has accused a social worker of keeping back part of her old age grant of R1,350 per month.
Nombulelo Damba
News | 21 April 2015